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External Ventricular Drains: Development and Evaluation of a Nursing Clinical Practice Guideline.
- Source :
- Nursing Reports; Dec2022, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p933-944, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- External ventricular drains (EVDs) are common in intensive care for neurocritical patients affected by different illnesses. Nurses play an essential role to ensure safe care, and guidelines are tools to implement evidence-based care. Thus, the aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the quality of a clinical guideline for critically ill patients with EVDs. Methodological research was conducted. The guideline development was based on a scoping review about nursing care to patients with EVDs. The guideline evaluation occurred in two phases: evaluation of its methodological rigor, with application of the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation II to four experts on guidelines evaluation; and the Delphi technique, with a panel of nine specialists in neurocritical care, performed in two rounds. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and content validity ratio. In the first phase of the evaluation, three domains did not reach consensus, being reformulated. The second phase was conducted in two rounds, with nine and eight participants respectively, with 13 recommendations being reformulated and reassessed between rounds, inclusion of an EVD weaning category, and two flowcharts on patient's transport and mobility. Therefore, the guideline can be incorporated into nursing care practices. Further studies are necessary to assess its impact on clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CONSENSUS (Social sciences)
INTENSIVE care nursing
NURSES' attitudes
VENTRICULOCISTERNOSTOMY
PHYSICIANS' attitudes
CEREBROSPINAL fluid shunts
CATASTROPHIC illness
MEDICAL protocols
NEUROLOGICAL nursing
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
STATISTICAL sampling
EVIDENCE-based nursing
DELPHI method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2039439X
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161035511
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep12040090